THIS WAY OUT
the international gay & lesbian radio magazine
RUNDOWN for Program #681, distributed 04/16/01
(hosted this week by Lucia Chappelle and produced with Greg Gordon)
Mormon conduct code dis-honors gay Brigham Young University students;
Hell hath no fury like 'phobic Florida lawmaker Allen Trovillion;
Bush's new AIDS boss makes gay Republican history, while a gay Pentagon
hire also riles the right, the civil unions battle moves to Massachusetts,
more anti-gay threats from Namibia's Nujoma, Norwegian Liberals to promote
adoption rights, Thai transpeople get "dual" passports, and other GLBT news
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Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10
SEGMENT #1 – "NewsWrap": By being named by George W. Bush to direct the
White House Office of National AIDS Policy this week, Wisconsin's Scott
Evertz becomes the first open gay ever appointed to a paid position in a GOP
administration, while Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's hiring of
openly-gay consultant Stephen Herbits to help recruit civilian staff for the
Pentagon also irks right-wingers; the military career of openly-gay U.S.
Army Reserve Lieutenant and Arizona GOP legislator Steve May officially comes
to an end under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy; Massachusetts acting
Governor Jane Swift surprises many by announcing her opposition to
same-gender marriages or civil unions, even as 7 gay and lesbian couples sue
the state for the right to marry; an Egyptian appeals court reduces the
sentences of 2 men convicted of posting invitations for gay sex on their Web
sites; Namibia President Sam Nujoma continues his threatening homophobic
rhetoric by ordering that any gays or lesbians arriving in the country be
immediately deported; Norway's Liberals will likely call for GLBT adoption
equality in their party platform; a poll of more than 1,000 Czechs finds a
clear majority opposing adoption rights for gays and lesbians, but supporting
registered partnerships by a margin of almost 20%; complaints by local
clergy shut down a planned drag show in the Philippines city of Bantayan;
Thailand transsexuals will now be able to get dual "before" and "after"
passport photos under a new government policy announced this week; and Ha
Ri-soo becomes the first transsexual to appear in a TV commercial in Korea,
but she needs an Adam's apple "stand-in" [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with
thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX
WOCKNER & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & CHASE SCHULTE] . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:40
SEGMENT #2 – Billboard for BYU suspensions feature [:15] + Lesbian, gay,
bi and trans students have had to learn some painful lessons in recent weeks.
It was homophobic harassment in school that brought a group of Florida teens
to their state legislature on April 9th. They went to lobby for "safe
schools" legislation, and to tell the lawmakers that harassment based on
sexual orientation, unlike the usual kind of teasing many kids inflict on
each other, can quickly escalate from name calling to beatings. Some of them
discovered that they were no safer in the state Capitol than they are on
their high school campuses, however, when 74-year-old Republican lawmaker
ALLEN TROVILLION, who represents suburban Orlando, lectured a group of his
youthful constituents on the biblical evils of the "gay lifestyle" and how
they'd surely "pay" for their "sins". This Way Out's SUSAN GAGE reports from
Tallahassee, with comments by Sarasota youth lobbyist SARA SMITH, Orlando
high school student CHRIS VASQUEZ (who tried unsuccessfully to dialog with
Trovillion), and Trovillion-supportive Republican House Speaker TOM FEENEY
[4:35]. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:50
SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by AARON FRICKE (author of one of the very first
books by and about gay youth, "Reflections of a Rock Lobster", with a musical
intro from "Rock Lobster" by the B52s) [:15] + Last year BRIGHAM YOUNG
UNIVERSITY (BYU), the Mormon Church-owned institution based in Provo, Utah,
went under the media microscope after suspending a student who had appeared
on MTV's "The Real World" because, by living with members of the opposite
sex, she had violated the school's Honor Code. BYU's Honor Code is a
multi-paged contract that outlines behaviors to which a student at the
university must conform. It covers areas as broad and vast as "using clean
language" to "dress and grooming standards". Non-compliance can result in
suspension. A part of the contract requires students to "encourage others to
comply with the BYU Honor Code," including telling school authorities of any
infractions by a fellow student. To deal with alleged infractions BYU has an
Honor Code Office, where students can inform on their non-compliant
roommates, and where those accused are brought before a committee. But how
does the Honor Code Office determine that a violation has occurred –
especially when it comes to what the Code refers to as "homosexual conduct"?
What happens to those students? This Way Out correspondent GENA EDVALSON
[KRCL-FM/Salt Lake City] explores complications of 2 recent student
suspensions at BYU in a report that includes comments by MATTHEW GRIERSON
(until last month a full scholarship BYU senior), CONNELL O'DONOVAN, author
of the essay "Private Pain, Public Purges: A History of Homosexuality at
Brigham Young University" (who describes one particularly sad case of
BYU-promoted "aversion therapy" in the 1970s), and BYU spokesperson CARRI
JENKINS [8:30] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:45
SEGMENT #4 - A highly-edited version of "Crazy World", performed by MICHAEL
CALLEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:45
Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:40
TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:50
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STATION PROMO COPY:
ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", A MORMON CONDUCT CODE DIS-HONORS GAY
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, BUT HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE 'PHOBIC
FLORIDA LAWMAKER ALLEN TROVILLION... IN OTHER NEWS, BUSH'S NEW AIDS BOSS
MAKES GAY REPUBLICAN HISTORY, WHILE A GAY PENTAGON CONSULTANT ALSO RILES
THE RIGHT, THE CIVIL UNIONS BATTLE MOVES TO MASSACHUSETTS, THERE ARE
ESCALATING ANTI-GAY THREATS FROM NAMIBIA'S PRESIDENT NUJOMA, NORWEGIAN
LIBERALS PLAN TO PROMOTE ADOPTION RIGHTS, AND THAI TRANSPEOPLE WILL GET
"DUAL" PASSPORTS.
THOSE STORIES AND MORE THIS WEEK ON "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL
LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE",
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